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Readability Formulas: seven reasons to avoid them and what to do instead

Caroline Jarrett 8 September 2020 29 July 2019
Readability Formulas: seven reasons to avoid them and what to do instead

I had the honour of working with Ginny Redish on this article on readability formulas for the July 2019 edition of UXmatters. Ginny is a leading authority on writing, accessibility, and content design and usability. I’ve lost count of theContinue reading… Readability Formulas: seven reasons to avoid them and what to do instead

Discussing a topic map for how to design a better form

Caroline Jarrett 12 March 2020 10 April 2019
Discussing a topic map for how to design a better form

If you’re working on improving a form, especially a government one, what advice do you need? In April 2019, I discussed a topic map that might help to answer that question in a webinar for Digital.GOV. To find out moreContinue reading… Discussing a topic map for how to design a better form

Celebrating inspiring women on Ada Lovelace Day

Caroline Jarrett 16 March 2020 14 October 2014
Celebrating inspiring women on Ada Lovelace Day

Women Who Code is the international organisation dedicated to inspiring women to excel in technology careers. I was delighted to be invited to join their London group on Ada Lovelace Day – the annual celebration of a woman widely considered to be the first computer programmer. It gave meContinue reading… Celebrating inspiring women on Ada Lovelace Day

The book you ought to buy (even if you think you don’t need it)

Jane Matthews 4 December 2019 29 July 2007
The book you ought to buy (even if you think you don’t need it)

This month, I’m enthusing about Ginny Redish’s new book Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works (Morgan Kaufmann). If you write, or your clients write, then you’ll learn from it. If you’re working on a content-rich website:Continue reading… The book you ought to buy (even if you think you don’t need it)

Persona-led heuristic inspection is here

Jane Matthews 10 December 2019 31 May 2005
Persona-led heuristic inspection is here

Last week, a sell-out crowd made their way to Oyster Partners to hear Ginny Redish talk about her recent work at a meeting of the UK chapter of the Usability Professionals’ Association. Ginny’s talk ranged widely across content and theContinue reading… Persona-led heuristic inspection is here

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cjformsCaroline Jarrett@cjforms·
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Today’s flower photo had to be the amaryllis that has just opened

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Farewell @leedsgovdesign meets. They were great and thanks so much @OfficeOfWilson

Simon Wilson@OfficeOfWilson

Not really an announcement just an FYI I won’t be organising any @LeedsGovDesign meets in the future. #GovDesign 1/4

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In today’s episode of “Fix the forms, one at a time”, more discussion on #MedTwitter about the amount of time spent on paperwork.

Dr Gordon Caldwell@doctorcaldwell

@22Q11_Ireland #MarginalLosses eg more forms introduced with aim of improving safety or flow but undermine both - why does #NHS not study the ergonomics of #ClinicalConsultations? Ward nurse today says recording her ward admission consultation takes 40 minutes paperwork #Formification 4

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atrvrsAndrew Travers@atrvrs·
15 Jan

The last few months of focussing on accessibility has brought home to me just how critical navigation by keyboard is — and how often it’s profoundly broken. Such an easy thing for us to test for and build into the way we work

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cjformsCaroline Jarrett@cjforms·
14 Jan

In today’s episode of “Fix the forms, one at a time”, an example of the upset caused by a bad choice for asking for a date of birth.

If only they’d used the @NHSDigital date component

https://service-manual.nhs.uk/design-system/components/date-input

(Via @joytrek)

Melinda McClure Haughey@MelindaMcClure

Good morning to everyone except the UX/devs who did this: Yesterday my grandmother was trying to sign up online for a vaccine waitlist in TX. She had to click back BY MONTH 78 yrs from today in the DOB input (~930 clicks). No way to type it in. WHY.

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